April 13, 2003
- Jeff Gordon wins at Martinsville: #24-Jeff Gordon won the Virginia 500 at Martinsville Speedway, his first of 2003 and 62nd of his career [he is 7th All Time]. It was Gordon’s first win in 15 races, his last being at Kansas in Spet 2002. Gordon as now won at least one race a season for ten years in a row. There has now been 9 different winners in the first 9 races. #18-Bobby Labonte, who started 39th using a provisional finshed a close 2nd. The race ended under yellow as #17-Kenseth spun and created a lot of smoke and #97-Busch got hit by someone and turned around and got stuck on a corner. #38-Sadler and #20-Stewart had a ‘spirited’ fight for 5th, with Sadler finishing 5th and Stewart getting a cut left rear tire and aa bit ticked off, banging into Sadler a few times on the track during the final yellow. #49-Schrader gets his first top 10 in 55 races and the first ever for BAM Racing. Highest finishing Rookie of the Year candidate was #16-Greg Biffle at 18th. The highest finishing Pontiac of the five in the race? 27th by #32-Ricky Craven.
See my Virginia 500 Race Info page for my race rundown, cautions, notes, etc
Race Re-air: The race will be re-aired on Speed Channel, Wed, Apr 16th, 8:00pm/et (enhanced) and Thurs, Apr 17th, 1:00am/et and at 3:00pm/et.
Results Links at: Jayski 2003 Winston Cup Race Results page
ThatsRacin.com, NASCAR.com Motorsports One.(4-13-2003) - Hut on TV: From beekeeping and wine-making to scrapbooking and woodworking, more and more celebrities are devoting their downtime to hobbies and do-it-yourself projects that are often quirky and always personally rewarding. DIY-Do It Yourself Network will showcase known personalities and their personal passions in Celebrity Hobbies, an intriguing new 13-part series that launched on April 4. Hosted by Tracy Griffith (half-sister of actress Melanie Griffith), Celebrity Hobbies will air weekly on Friday nights. The series will feature more than two dozen actors, musicians, athletes and authors at home or in the field, in their studios and workshops, as they demonstrate first-hand for viewers their particular penchants, ranging from the artistically fulfilling and functional to the relaxing and downright offbeat. Each episode will focus on two celebrities, who give step-by-step instructions on a project, as well as guest experts who give advice on the array of topics featured every week. Like with any DIY program, the network’s website, DIYnet.com, will provide step-by step project instructions and related resources to each of the episode’s topics. The one-hour special, to precede the series premiere, offers a fast-paced preview of many of the personalities featured in the program, including the NFL’s Dallas Cowboy cheerleaders who love to scrapbook; Atlanta Braves’ catcher Javy Lopez who collects and operates radio control airplanes; actor James Avery who collects African-American memorabilia; and rock guitarist Steve Vai who’s in to beekeeping.
AND Hut Stricklin (NASCAR driver): When he’s not behind the wheel revving the engine, Hut restores classic cars and offers some tricks of the trade [scheduled to air on April 25th at 8:30pm/et, re-air dates can be found on their website]. Mario Andretti (race car driver): Mario demonstrates the much slower-paced world of fine winemaking at his own Napa Valley vineyard. DIY, one of four cable television networks operated by Scripps Networks, focuses on the do-it-yourself enthusiast, providing in-depth demonstrations and tips for categories such as arts and crafts; automotive and boating; cooking and entertaining; decorating and design; gardening and landscaping; household and cleaning; home building; home improvement; recreation and hobbies; and tools and products. DIY is distributed to 13 million U.S. households and is on pace to reach 20 million by the end of 2003. The network’s companion website, DIYnet.com, mirrors the weekly on-air programming schedule, featuring easy-to-use, step-by-step instructions for more than 9,000 projects, including a detailed online guide to resources, materials and related projects. DIYnet.com users can search the site for any project shown on-air, engage in community bulletin boards and submit do-it-yourself questions to the expert DIY staff.(4-13-2003) - Newman Hurting: #12-Ryan Newman said the only lasting effect he had from the harrowing 27-car crash on Lap 4 of last week’s Aaron’s 499 at Talladega was a sore on his foot. “When I hit the wall, my left foot got caught under the pedal,” Newman said. “I told everybody in the shop that I looked like I ‘Barney Fifed’ myself. It looked like I shot myself right in the top center of my foot. There’s a little dot right there that looks like a bullet went right through. It’s all swollen up, but it only hurts when I take my shoe off or put it on.”(ThatsRacin.com)(4-13-2003)
- Wood Brother’s New Engineer: In another sign of the increasing impact of technology and physics on NASCAR, #21 Wood Brothers Racing welcomed its first full-time engineer this weekend. Jackie Mohrfeld, a 24-year-old mechanical engineering graduate of Purdue University, will help the Stuart, VA -based team by crunching numbers and running computer simulations on race weekends for the remainder of the season.(Richmond Times Dispatch)(4-13-2003)
- Indy 500 Looks Doubtful for Andretti: A new set of Indy Racing League rules probably will prevent John Andretti from competing in the Indianapolis 500 next month. The driver of the #43 Cheerios Dodge for Petty Enterprises wanted to race against his cousin Michael, who will be driving in his final Indy 500. “Right now, the IRL basically is in a state of transition in that they’ve got new engine programs, chassis and a lot of new teams, too,” said Andretti, the first driver to race the 500 and Coca-Cola 600 on the same day in 1994. “The biggest issue is, is there going to be enough equipment? . . . It doesn’t look strong [for attempting the race], but the possibility is still there.”(Richmond Times Dispatch)(4-13-2003)
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